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Forum: AutoX, DE and Racing Discussions 06-03-2011, 12:22 AM
Replies: 69
Sticky: How To Brake?
Views: 599,618
Posted By Festina Lente
Re: How To Brake?

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Sprint racing you can beat the crap out of the car,

^
Endurance racing you have to be smooth, and preserve the car.

You'd better believe the latter are very smooth with their "inputs",...
Forum: GT2, GT3, RS and Cup Car Discussions 06-01-2011, 10:18 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 104,650
Posted By Festina Lente
Re: Brakes and Shocks

Thinking about 'dem brakes on the Cup Car, I am smitten with the pedal feel. It never varied in feedback through your foot, or pedal travel; yet the harder you pressed the quicker you stopped (very...
Forum: GT2, GT3, RS and Cup Car Discussions 06-01-2011, 10:13 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 54,546
Posted By Festina Lente
Re: EVO mag RS 4.0 review and vid

"Better than sex" is a description often used in certain parts of Europe to describe something which is brilliant and over the top.... not to be taken literally! It just gets the thought across and...
Forum: GT2, GT3, RS and Cup Car Discussions 06-01-2011, 08:49 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 54,546
Posted By Festina Lente
Re: EVO mag RS 4.0 review and vid

But the 4.0 RS might be "better than sex" as well as the Cup Car. Obviously, the 3.8 is not! :-)
Forum: GT2, GT3, RS and Cup Car Discussions 05-31-2011, 10:41 PM
Replies: 60
Views: 568,085
Posted By Festina Lente
Forum: GT2, GT3, RS and Cup Car Discussions 05-31-2011, 10:32 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 104,650
Posted By Festina Lente
Re: Brakes and Shocks

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Not compared to the Cup Car experience...I am still on a high!

Back to brakes and shocks... I need to go back to do more analysis.
Forum: GT2, GT3, RS and Cup Car Discussions 05-31-2011, 09:54 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 104,650
Posted By Festina Lente
Re: Brakes and Shocks

Just wait until you get into an "electric" motor car (MB-SLS E car), they make n/a engines feel like they have a case of 70s turbo lag! It adds perspective to the carping about existing turbo lag...
Forum: GT2, GT3, RS and Cup Car Discussions 05-31-2011, 11:44 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 104,650
Posted By Festina Lente
Re: Brakes and Shocks

If the Cup Car had a traction control light to show that it too was loosing traction going up over Turn 4 and the Tunnel would you be as annoyed?

Physics is physics...and some of your issues are...
Forum: GT2, GT3, RS and Cup Car Discussions 05-30-2011, 09:19 PM
Replies: 60
Views: 568,085
Posted By Festina Lente
Re: Keep Or Sell? 3RS/Spyder vs Cup

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Exactly the pertinent point to the GT3 Cup experience and you get to compare it to the GT3 and Turbo under the same conditions which helps calibrate the scale, relative appeal and fit. For me, it...
Forum: GT2, GT3, RS and Cup Car Discussions 05-29-2011, 08:15 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 121,835
Posted By Festina Lente
Re: Better than sex!

BTW minor item, it is turn 15, not 14. I don't think that it was an early turn or that was the cause of the spin.

I think you held the steering position too long, not opening up the wheel, and...
Forum: GT2, GT3, RS and Cup Car Discussions 05-28-2011, 04:54 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 121,835
Posted By Festina Lente
Re: Better than sex!

Yes, somebody once advanced the idea that it would be a great test drive opportunity to determine interest in purchasing.

Then you'll go from potential interest, to scheming and dreaming and going...
Forum: GT2, GT3, RS and Cup Car Discussions 05-28-2011, 03:25 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 121,835
Posted By Festina Lente
Re: Better than sex!

No photos of the red lights you triggered on the track with your spin?..it was cool running with the track video monitoring system..and seeing the red lights come on...beats flags!

I think your...
Forum: GT2, GT3, RS and Cup Car Discussions 05-27-2011, 10:49 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 121,835
Posted By Festina Lente
Better than sex!

Well, you can't drive a Cup Car every day!

Some of us were fortunate to participate in the Cup Car driving experience and it was absolutely brilliant.

Limited to 6 participants our time was...
Forum: GT2, GT3, RS and Cup Car Discussions 05-27-2011, 10:11 PM
Replies: 60
Views: 568,085
Posted By Festina Lente
Re: Keep Or Sell? 3RS/Spyder vs Cup

A Cup Car is like sex..once you start, you can never stop!

Watch this space for more details on the Porsche Cup Car Experience...absolutely brilliant, and then some!

Trackrat is just ahead of...
Forum: GT2, GT3, RS and Cup Car Discussions 04-27-2011, 09:58 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 187,887
Posted By Festina Lente
Re: Clear Bra

I have been telling anyone who would listen, for years, that Venture shield sucks (at the expense of many personal attacks). It is a lower cost, higher margin product touted by self serving Dealers...
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